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This article ends up being a good reason for using cloud. Reads like it was written by "I could write Dropbox in a weekend with rsync" guy.

It's very short sighted to ignore the money being saved by not having to worry about all those things. Their "$5k" example is probably wrong and also irrelevant in most (enterprise) contexts.

Part of me wonders if this is a troll or just a green sysadmin.

Or perhaps just an experienced sysadmin who has different opinions and preferences than you do. There is never a single TheRightWayToDoThings(tm), different people have different needs, priorities and/or resources available.

And an experienced sysadmin would know that there are plenty of needs, priorities, and resources that play well with the cloud. ;)